We can't believe it's come to week 9/10 already! In fact, I'm late on publishing this post from last week and we are already now well into week 10! This season seemed to fly by once we dried out from the Urbana Monsoon that was June. Shareholders, please come to…

Flower Power (class) at Common Ground Food Co-op, Saturday, August 29th, 2-3 pm. $5 owner/ $10 non-owner In this workshop learn many benefits of growing flowers (good for bees, good for veggies, good for the environment, and good for you!). Participants will learn cut flower basics, plant seeds to tend…

The days have been sunny, hot, and humid. The height of excellence in this flower season by far. Our sunflowers are so huge, sculptural and prolific. We've been daydreaming about making their wide, seed-filled heads into outdoor shower nozzles. Do you think it would work?! ;) I think both Liz…

We are so grateful for the warmth we've had this past week. The flowers needed that good, nourishing sun to make some food! And the soil was in need of some drying. The difference between weeks of endless rain and weeks of sunshine definitely shows. This week we harvested lots of queen…

This week's harvest was a pale palette. I think all of the recent rain we've had seems to have limited the more colorful blooms. Green and white are nice enough for now though! (and SUNFLOWERS, already?!?)

There is only so much work we can do as plant-tenders: Nurture the soil, Plant the seeds, Water + mulch. But the seed is the real worker! Covered in the Earth’s darkness, it primes itself to thrive, to jump up, unfold, and kiss the sun’s sweet rays. Meanwhile, we wait.…

Symbiosis :: the interaction that happens when two or more different organisms live in close proximity to one another and the relationship is mutually beneficial. In the natural world symbiosis happens all the time. For example, the fungus (peaking out in the photo above) needs the old wood for food.…

Click here to enjoy the April 21st "Alter Ego Show" on WEFT 90.1--Maggie, Holly and Liz guest appeared on the local morning show to talk about the Delight Flower CSA--you can catch our part specifically in the last 30 minutes, but we highly recommend you give the whole show a listen-great…

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It's a model used by farmers to enable their farms to thrive even in years of drought or too much rain (or sun, bugs, etc). CSA farms are financially backed by local members of a community who want to invest in the farm. Which means the…

I hope this season finds you well and warm. I'm now taking orders for holiday wreaths. I hand-make them with locally-grown greens, pine cones, dried flowers and a little bling. I plan to harvest greens and make wreaths mid-week this week. I hope to have them ready for pick up…

Just as our season officially winds down the garden keeps on giving. Upon walking around we also found the fruit trees loaded with Asian pears and some delicious apples. Thank you for making this season so delight-ful!